Planned Order for Manufacture of Co-Products (SAP Library - Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling (PP/DS))

Planned Order for Manufacture of Co-Products

Definition

Planned order with several output products.

Use

In SAP APO, manufacture of co-products is modeled using a production process model plan (PPM plan) that has several output products. Therefore, a planned order that is created with this type of plan has a receipt element (an order item) for each output product. The following graphic shows the order symbol for an in-house production order for manufacture of co-products on the left, and a key on the right:

Which of the output products is the primary product of the planned order depends on whether you plan with a production process model (PPM) transferred from SAP R/3 or with one created locally, as follows:

PPM from SAP R/3 production version

In the case of a PPM that has been created by transferring a production version for manufacture of co-products from SAP R/3, the product defined in SAP R/3 as primary product is also the primary product in SAP APO. In the PPM plan, the primary product indicator is set automatically for the corresponding logical component. The other output products of the PPM plan are the co-products and by-products transferred from SAP R/3. The difference between co- and by-products is not relevant in SAP APO; it is only relevant to cost accounting in SAP R/3.

For the sake of simplicity, the output products in SAP APO, which are not the primary product, are frequently only called co-products.

Local PPM

In the case of a local PPM, the product is the primary product for which a planned order has been created. The other output products are the co-products.

A receipt element for a co-product differs from the receipt element for the primary product, as follows:

The system creates the receipt element for a co-product in the production location and the receipt element for a primary product in the planning location (however, if production is not cross-location, the planning location and the production location are identical).
Unlike the receipt data of the primary product, the receipt data of a co-product cannot be directly changed. For example, you cannot change the receipt quantity or the source of supply. If you change the receipt data of the primary product, the system adjusts the receipt data of the co-product accordingly.